Firm fined over spray damaged cotton

A company on southern Queensland's Darling Downs been fined for crop damage caused by spray drift.

Crake Proprietary Limited pleaded guilty in the Pittsworth Magistrates Court over the 2009 incident, where chemicals caused damage to a neighbouring cotton property.

The owners were fined $7,500, plus court costs.

Cotton Australia's CEO Adam Kay says it is important farmers are aware of the risks of spraying their crops.

"There's a massive growth of weeds out there at the moment," he said.

"There's going to have to be applications of products to bring those under control and I think it's just a message to people that are making applications in the next month to just be careful ... to use tools like Cotton Map where you can identify where there are sensitive crops in the area."